Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Eunoia (εὔνοια) | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty thinking | |
Anemoia | Nostalgia for a time that you have never lived | Greek | reflection philosophy | |
Meraki | Describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you're doing, whatever it may be. | Greek | emotion strength | |
Volta | During certain hours of the early evening, around dusk, everyone in the town who might feel like going for a walk takes a saunter or stroll up and down the main street | Greek | time physical nature | |
Polytropos (πολύτροπος) | Much turned, much traveled, much wandering; turning many ways (shifty, versatile, wily) (changeful, complicated) [notoriously used in the opening of The Odyssey as an early challenge for translators] | Greek | explore | |
Pragma | longtime love, such as in long marriages | Greek | love family | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Sóphrosuné (σωφροσύνη) | excellence of character and soundness of mind; leads to other beneficial qualities, such as moderation and self-control. | Greek | awareness | |
Pneúma (πνεῦμα) | Wind; breath; spirit. | Greek | physical | |
Eudaimonia | The contented happy state you feel when you travel | Greek | travel explore happiness | |
Philoxenia (Φιλοξενία) | Love of strangers, guests; a hospitable act of welcome. | Greek | society | |
Andria (ανδρεία) | Both valour and courage, expressed in actions in front of the face of danger | Greek | strength character | |
Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
Acedia | Lack of concern over your spiritual life or "mental sloth" | Greek | emotion religion | |
Ludus | playful love between children or casual lovers | Greek | love | |
Istories me arkoudes | Literal: 'stories with bears'; stories that are so crazy, they can't be true | Greek | extreme funny | |
Agape | selfless love to all, universal loving kindness | Greek | love connection | |
Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy | |
Sophrosyne | A healthy state of mind, characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one's true self, and resulting in one's true happiness. | Greek | awareness happiness reflection | |
Anánkē (Ανάγκη) | destiny, fate, necessity. | Greek | awareness | |
Philia | "highest form of love"; deep love between friends, brotherly love | Greek | love friends | |
Parea | A group of friends who regularly gather together to share their experiences about life, their philosophies, values and ideas. | Greek | friends philosophical | |
Storgi (στοργη) | the love between parents and children | Greek | love family | |
Eunoirophrenia | The peace of mind that comes with having pleasant dreams. | Greek | feeling positive | |
Philotimo (φιλότιμο) | The inner impulse to act well and in alignment with the moral virtues that represent one's own society and upbringing | Greek | society character family |
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